The craft of research / Wayne C. Booth ... [et al.].
By: Booth, Wayne C
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Contributor(s): Colomb, Gregory G | Williams, Joseph M.
Material type: 
BookSeries: Chicago guides to writing, editing, and publishing.Publisher: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1995Description: xii. 294 p. : ill ; 22 cm. + pbk.ISBN: 0226065839 (v) (hbk); 0226065847 (m) (pbk).Subject(s): Research -- Methodology | Technical writingDDC classification: 001.42 | Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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| General Lending | MTU Bishopstown Library Store Item | 001.42 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 00017779 | ||
| General Lending | MTU Bishopstown Library Lending | 001.42 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 00017780 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
This manual offers practical advice on the fundamentals of research to college and university students in all fields of study. The Craft of Research teaches much more than the mechanics of fact gathering: it explains how to approach a research project as an analytical process. The authors chart every stage of research, from finding a topic and generating research questions about it to marshalling evidence, constructing arguments, and writing everything up in a final report that is a model of authority. Their advice is designed for use by both beginners and seasoned practitioners, and for projects from class papers to dissertations.
This book is organized into four parts. Part One is a spirited introduction to the distinctive nature, values, and protocols of research. Part Two demystifies the art of discovering a topic. It outlines a wide range of sources, among them personal interests and passions. Parts Three and Four cover the essentials of argument--how to make a claim and support it--and ways to outline, draft, revise, rewrite, and polish the final report. Part Three is a short course in the logic, structure, uses, and common pitfalls of argumentation. The writing chapters in Part Four show how to present verbal and visual information effectively and how to shape sentences and paragraphs that communicate with power and precision.
"A well-constructed, articulate reminder of how important fundamental questions of style and approach, such as clarity and precision, are to all research."-- Times Literary Supplement
Bibliography: (pages 265-270) and index.
I: Research, Researchers and Readers -- Prologue: Starting a Research Project -- Thinking in Print: The uses of research, public and private -- Connecting with your reader: (Re) Creating your self and your audience -- II: Asking Questions, Finding answers -- Prologue: Planning your Project -- Quick Tip: Writing in Groups -- From Topics to Questions -- From Questions to Problems -- From Questions to Sources -- Using Sources -- III: Making a claim and supporting it -- Prologue: Arguments, Drafting and Conversations -- Making good arguments: An overview -- Claims and Evidence -- Warrants -- Quick Tip: Challenging Warrants -- Qualifications -- Quick Tip: Arguments - Two common pitfalls -- IV: Preparing to draft, drafting and revising -- Prologue: Planning Again -- Quick Tip: Outlining -- Pre-Drafting and Drafting -- Communicating Evidence Visually -- Quick Tip: A consumer's guide to visiting a writing tutor -- Revising your organization and argument -- Quick Tip:Titles and Abstracts -- Revising style: Telling your story clearly -- Quick Tip: The Quickest Revision -- Introductions -- Quick Tip: First and last words -- Some last considerations.